This year marks the 25th anniversary of the International Input-Output Association and the 25th volume of Economic Systems Research. To celebrate this anniversary, a group of eight experts provide their views on the future of input-output. Looking forward, they foresee progress in terms of data collections, methods, theory testing, and focus and scope.

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Chen, X., L.K. Cheng, K.C. Fung and L.J. Lau (2001) The Estimation of Domestic Value-Added and Employment Induced by Exports: An Application to Chinese Exports to the United States. Stanford University, Presentation, available at http://www.stanford.edu/∼ljlau/Presentations/Presentations/010618.pdf

Eurostat (2008) Manual of Supply, Use and Input-Output Tables. Eurostat Methodologies and Working Papers, Luxembourg, Eurostat, available at http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/product_details/ publication?p_product_code=KS-RA-07-013

Krishnan, A. (2009) What Are Academic Disciplines? Some Observations on the Disciplinarity vs. Interdisciplinarity Debate, Working Paper, National Centre for Research Methods, available at http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/783/.

Shankar, R. and A. Shah (2003) Bridging the Economic Divide Within Countries: A Scorecard on the Performance of Regional Policies in Reducing Regional Income Disparities. World Development, 31, 1421-1441.